Coaching for Innovation, Spring 2019

Course #:

EDU 5515 C14

Location:

Online

Dates/Times:

January 28 - March 24, 2019. Asynchronous meetings online.

Instructor:

Gabrielle Marquette Lumbra

Credits:

3 graduate credits

Cost:

$925

Course payment of $925 by check or purchase order, payable to Castleton University, is due at the time of registration. A purchase order number can be entered into the online registration form and the purchase order can be uploaded to the registration form. If paying by check, please mail the check to Financial & Registration Services, Castleton University, 62 Alumni Drive, Castleton, VT 05753. To help us ensure that your payment is applied to the correct course, PLEASE WRITE “CFS” IN THE CHECK MEMO LINE. Thank you.

Course Description:

Today’s learners will live and work in an unpredictable environment. This course identifies dispositions that foster the innovation needed to teach in this circumstance. The focus will be on coaching teachers in a way that brings out these dispositions. Participants will identify coaching pitfalls and apply strategies to avoid these pitfalls. They will learn, practice and reflect on coaching strategies that foster innovative teaching dispositions.

Course Goals & Objectives

Course Goals:

Develop routines that foster innovation

Develop coaching habits that foster trust in relationships

Apply learning theory to coaching situations

Course Objectives:

Describe innovation

Identify teaching dispositions that foster innovative teaching

Apply innovative teaching dispositions

Apply the innovative teaching dispositions in planning for coaching interactions